May 13, 2026 Mayor Mamdani announced yesterday that his executive budget will allocate $122 million next year to hire about 1,000 more teachers to lower class size; $421 million less than in his preliminary budget. This will significantly slow the progress required by law, that currently requires 80% of classrooms to meet the cap next […]
May 8, 2026 1. A reminder that TODAY Friday May 8 is the LAST day to provide your feedback on the DOE survey on their proposed AI guidance, which contains no measures to strengthen the privacy and security of the personal student data that AI companies collect and often use for product improvement, which is […]
May 6, 2026 1. If you oppose the rapid and reckless expansion of AI tools being used classrooms throughout NYC, we have suggestions of how you can make your voice heard: First, and most urgent: Please fill out the DOE 15-minute survey on the AI guidance. The deadline is THIS Friday May 8, 2026. For […]
April 28, 2026 Good news! The Chancellor withdrew the proposal to create an AI high school. Check out the NY Times story about this here, in which I’m quoted as saying the ”intense outrage among parents in NYC [about AI] is as great as I’ve seen it on any education issue that I’ve been working […]
April 26, 2026 1. We now have a one-page critique of the painfully inadequate DOE AI guidance, plus a longer, detailed analysis here. I’m also offering an annotated pdf version of the guidance itself with our comments appended. Links to all these docs are posted here, along with suggestions on how to respond […]
April 24, 2026 1. Please join us for our annual Skinny award dinner on Tuesday May 19, when we will be honoring the great education scholar and warrior, Diane Ravitch! Diane is not only the foremost expert on the history of the NYC school system, the author of 20 books and a widely-read […]
April 21, 2026 1. Save the date! Our annual Class Size Matters Skinny Award dinner will be held on Tuesday May 19 at 6 PM; more info soon on where and how to purchase your ticket to support our work, whether on class size, student privacy or AI, and to honor the tremendously […]
April 15, 2026 A quick reminder and update: 1. Please join other NYC parents, students, teachers and advocates tomorrow Thursday April 16 at City Hall Park, when we will call for a moratorium on the use of AI in the classroom and deliver our petition and also national letter on the issue to […]
April 13, 2026 1. On Thursday April 16 at 4:00 PM, NYC parents, kids, teachers and advocates will be gathering in City Hall Park to call for a moratorium on the use of AI in the classroom until rigorous measures can be established to protect student privacy, their cognitive development, critical thinking, mental […]
April 2, 2026 It was recently announced that as part of a class action court settlement, the ed tech company PowerSchool and the Chicago Public Schools agreed to pay a total of $17.25 million to students whose privacy was violated by Naviance, a college advising company acquired by PowerSchool in 2021. In turn, PowerSchool was […]
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Sign here to urge NYC to implement a real, multi-year strategy to lower class size, as the law intends, without exempting up to half or more of all students.
